Community Tasting Notes 11

• _water.into.wine_ Likes this wine: 93 points

  July 25, 2021 - Served blind and I called Penfolds Grange. Lots of classic Syrah notes with pepper and meat, but the tell tale sign of undeniable sweetness in the finish that could not be northern rhone. Personally speaking, I find young vintages of Grange to be terrible and really not a fit for my palate, but real credit to the Penfolds team for creating a 50+ year old wine with relatively limited experience! Drank with SJW for his birthday

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• KoalaHK wrote:

  August 22, 2019 - Tasted at Penfolds Magill Estate, Adelaide. 40 Vintages of Grange: Little trace of tertiary characteristics here. There's acid and tannin but they're still soft. It's not as well integrated as the '63 but perhaps that's because its not ready!

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• BradE wrote:

  April 2, 2019 - White Burgs and Penfolds. Bellecour, Wayzata MN: We started our Grange flight with the '66. A touch of VA, but not overbearing. This bottle showed its age, but drank well and was luscious.

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• Bathtub58 Likes this wine: 95 points

  January 25, 2019 - Capsule in tact, cork wet 2/3 up, ullage at the base of the neck.
  Day 1: Popped cork, nose indicated bottle was in good shape. Sat open in bottle for 3 hours. Then poured into narrower decanter. Slightly musty nose blew off within minutes. Seductive nose/flavors of red/dark fruits (reminded me of Schrader), earth, but no spice. Initial finish of sweet tobacco that disappeared/reappeared. This wine continually evolved for the first hour and became fresher by the minute. Eventually detected a hint of candied red fruit. You wouldn’t think this was anything older than 20 years. Long finish.
  Day 2: less complex, but it didn’t fall off like you would expect. I think this wine still has years ahead of it.

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• cogo44 Likes this wine: 98 points

  July 7, 2018 - The bottle was heavily ullaged but once it was decanted for 45 minutes, the dank nose started to settle down. The nose was super complex not surprising that it was a unique sensation given it was 52 years old. On the palate it was rich and velvety smooth. The aftertaste was long and persistent with an amalgam of tar, spice, blackberry and a hint of candy. I bought this in the late 60’s at an Earlwood hotel for less than $10. The 1971 will be opened next week. This was the last Grange I ever bought at the outrageous price of $11.87 from a liquor store in Jannali. The rewards of patience indeed!

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• Vintage 1966
• Type Red
• Producer Penfolds
• Varietal Shiraz Blend
• Designation Grange
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Australia
• Region South Australia
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation n/a

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• In Cellars 67 (73%)
• Consumed 25 (27%)

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